Hey thanks! I think it helped that I've been an electronics tech for 30 years, but that sure was a lot of math to learn... Turns out the toughest part is getting a job, apparently. Still waiting to hear anything. If this keeps up, I'll be forced to go through a temp agency.

Got that call I was waiting for today (I was on a Mt Rainier ride-around and missed it - criminy!) and will be talking to the Hiring Officer at Puget Sound Shipyards tomorrow about being a Nuclear Controls and Instrumentation Engineer. Whoohoo! We'll be talking about the arrangements to take a tour on 7/15, which as far as I can tell means I'm hired and also leaves me time to ride my sorry ass down your way...

RockHawk wrote:Here's my clan. Mind you my wife is a life-long Dolphins fan (for those that hang at temple pre-game, they know because they see her wearing her dolphins gear to the hawk games, God help me) so getting her in a Seahawk jersey was quite a coup!

Seahawks fan first and foremost forever, but I've always pulled for the Dolphins as well, since 4th grade. Props to your wife. Maybe you should post a picture for us in her Dolphins jersey as well?

RockHawk wrote:Here's my clan. Mind you my wife is a life-long Dolphins fan (for those that hang at temple pre-game, they know because they see her wearing her dolphins gear to the hawk games, God help me) so getting her in a Seahawk jersey was quite a coup!

Maybe you should post a picture for us in her Dolphins jersey as well?

The first pic of me ever put on the internet (other than xrays). One more of me..both obviously edited.

My cat, Blitz. No, I dont usually dress him. He has sensitive skin (because he has to take steroids...because he has an autoimmune disease...) and sometimes rubs it raw in spots so when that happens he has to wear clothes.

The person who has to put up with the most.

“If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give them a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.”

djTOY2000 wrote:figured i would post a few new pics of myself and sandra...

these are just the "rough" copies for what we are gonna be using on our "save the date" wedding invites... needless to say, it's us - 6 years and counting (minus a 6 month uhh... "realization")

Man, what is SHE thinking!?!? Haha, just kidding. Congrats. Get the save the date magnets, that's what we did. That way nobody has an excuse to not show up since they will see ur guys mugs everytime they go to the fridge! Plus, people seemed to like them.

KINGGRUMPY wrote: Man, what is SHE thinking!?!? Haha, just kidding. Congrats. Get the save the date magnets, that's what we did. That way nobody has an excuse to not show up since they will see ur guys mugs everytime they go to the fridge! Plus, people seemed to like them.

i know, what was she thinking... lmfao

we are deffinetly getting the magnets, as well as a nice formal invite to go with them. we will be sending them out forst week of january.

Amazing job you have Vet, what culture are you digging up in those pics? I noticed one buried with what looks like long bead necklaces. Cool designs on the amphoras/pots (or whatever they are). Mongolian?

"Are we rockin' and rollin' or what?!''

-- Seattle coach Pete Carroll, celebrating with his coaches after the Seahawks pulled off a trade with the Jets, netting running back Leon Washington on Saturday, via Seahawks.com

The first four are from the Kingdom of Saba around the time they were conquered by the Himyarites. The quality sucks because those were taken with a cell phone a few years ago. The last 2 are Pre-Incan mummies from Peru, rescued from certain theft (for selling on the black market).

“If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give them a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.”

Vetamur wrote:My work only sounds cool. Its very INTERESTING to me..because I really feel like Im being paid for a hobby. The reality of it is I spend a hours and hours and hours going blind reading stuff that is either directly related to my next project, or stuff that I casually consult on..or stuff I think is neat and justify by saying some day I may have a chance to use whatever Im studying. Then, every 6 to 8 weeks or so I go to some place that university archeologists or anthropologists wont or cant go because they have more common sense or survival instincts than I do..and then I get to do the cool stuff for a short time..then I go home.. and spend some time in the lab with some things, and debrief sponsors of my work.. and then decide on the next project. Im lucky in that I have more projects on offer than I can do, so I can choose what is most interesting for me. Theres not much else to tell.. I rarely get to get deep into projects..proper archeology projects can sometimes take decades on a good site..I am lucky if I get 2 weeks because Im often at sites that are threatened by looting, by war, or things like religious fundamentalism (as an example, Islamic influenced governments in areas like Somalia feel its their duty to erase pre-Islam history..). So I do quick and dirty excavations, removing only the most important artifacts. As an aside before people explode on the cultural imperialism of taking other countries artifacts, the artifacts are returned once their home country is able to protect them again. For example, the above two mummies are now safely back in Peru.

Good lord, you're Indiana freakin Jones

"Are we rockin' and rollin' or what?!''

-- Seattle coach Pete Carroll, celebrating with his coaches after the Seahawks pulled off a trade with the Jets, netting running back Leon Washington on Saturday, via Seahawks.com

No.. I get that a lot.. but really..I spend a lot of time in my office..reading. And when I dont have a project im working on, I read as much on biological evolution and so on as I do on archeological or anthropological topics. Im like a nerdy Indiana Jones without the Nazis or cool whip. I do have a cat however. And Ive never found anything magical. haha

“If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give them a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.”